Shiuring is Caring

Welcome back to another shiur in Shir Hashirim of Likutei Torah! This week, we discuss the aspect of Hashem being the “groom” of the Jews, i.e how he descends to reach us at our level. So grab a Likutei Torah, sit back, and (marvel at how Atzmus Umehus descends somehow until we have our physical plane, upon which we can comprehend divine wisdom enough to) enjoy!

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre (see the first episode description).

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre (see the first episode description).

Welcome to a shiur in Shir Hashirim of Likutei Torah! This week, we discuss how the congregation of the Jews is the “bride” of Hashem, i.e the two levels of love that cause us to year for him both irrationally and rationally. So grab a Likutei Torah, sit back, and (contemplate how, notwithstanding Hashem’s utter unity in every fibre of possibility, he still desires a world down here in which we can have our own sense of self, enabling us to both have a relationship with him and still) enjoy!

This week, we take a deep dive into the idea of copyright, as it’s expressed in the Tanya. We give a background on the teshuva of the Rama, the common copyright practice, and then we look at the five “copyrights” given to the Tanya, and what they can show us about why the Alter Rebbe wrote the Tanya.

(The intention of this series is to attempt to bring out the Alter Rebbe’s intention by doing a deep dive into his (oftentimes niglah’dike) sources. Enjoy the shiur!)

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre (see the first episode description).

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre (see the first episode description).

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre (see the first episode description).

I was going through some old recordings, and I came across these shiurim. I figured I could upload some of them here. A classic Ma’amar, pristine in style, waiting to be pondered. Enjoy!

This episode, as well as any episodes that I upload that were recorded by Chabad of Bondi, should bring merit to the souls of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, as well as everyone else murdered al kidush hasheim at the Bondi Beach Massacre.

(This is not “just” a dedication, but in part an acknowledgement of facts: by a 19 Kislev farbreingen several years ago, many of the community members encouraged and committed to participating in a daily morning shiur in chassidus. There were many involved, including Rabbi Schlanger. I’m grateful for every community member who survived, and saddened by everyone who has passed. At the end of the day, the luminous quality of Torah draws us into seeing the good; I know that their souls are bound eternally in the bond of life. May all of the souls of those murdered be “gutte bettern” for us all, and may we be reunited with them with the coming of Moshiach, speedily and in our days!)

This week, we take a deep dive into an idea expressed at the very end of Tanya, to not talk idle talk on Shabbos. We discuss the halachos of talking on Shabbos, talking in general, and ultimately how they build the Alter Rebbe’s platonic ideal of Shabbos.

(The intention of this series is to attempt to bring out the Alter Rebbe’s intention by doing a deep dive into his (oftentimes niglah’dike) sources. Enjoy the shiur!)